Cool. I'll be stopping by for a bit too. Let me know if you guys want to find a time to say hello.

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-Abraham Lincoln

The WAHA results were:
Yesterday at the ExBeerience at Redhook in Woodinville, WAHA presented the first of its annual awards; The Golden Mash Paddle, The Bert Grant Award and The Washington Homebrewer of the Year. Tim Hayner fumbled with the microphone and continuously stood in front of the projector, thus confirming his life-choice not to be in show biz. Mark Emily was the trophy girl.

First was the Golden Mash Paddle presented to the person who has contributed significantly to the cause of promoting homebreing in the state of Washington. Nominations were collected for 6 individuals and these were voted on by the club member representitives. The clear choice for this award was Mark Emiley. Congratulations Mark and thanks for you tireless effort!

Second was the Bert Grant Award. This award recognizes the best of the best of show winning beers by homebrewers. Having placed in the best of show round in any of the qualifying homebrew competitions in 2008 qualified those individuals to enter Bert Grant final judging round. These entries were submitted and judged by a panel of BJCP judges at Big Al Brewing in White Center. And the winners are...

Congratulations to all the winners! An added bonus for the Brown boys is that Big Al Brewing will brew their beer commercially!

Finally, the Washington Homebrewer of the Year Award goes to the homebrewer who has aquired the most points for placing, winning categories or winning at any of the qualifying Washington homebrew competitions.

Winner: James Golovich (15.7 points)

First Runner-Up: Mark Emiley (7.81 points)

Second Runner-Up: James Brischke (7.47 points)

We'll have to wait for Jim to post the complete results from the cascade cup. I recall the Brown Bros getting 3rd BOS, Jim Brischke getting 2nd BOS, and BOS went to Will Fredin & Matt Moser

Here are the complete results taken from a spreadsheet Jim just posted. Sorry for the ugly formatting, I just copy and psated it in here

Flight Name Place Brewers Name Beer Name Category (sub-style) City/State